Greg Hadley The couple enjoys cooking, often preparing meals together. We gave them a large prep space in the 3 ½-foot by 11 ½-foot island. The central design focus is the island’s beautiful English walnut countertop. The perimeter countertops is Pietra Del Cardosa stone. The backsplash is Laminam, a 3/16-inch thick ceramic large format plank that comes in 3-feet by 10-feet sheets. This allows us to have less grout lines.

White Shaker Cabinets Honed Calcutta Bettogli Marble Island Pietra Del Cardosa Sandstone Counters Home Staging by SCOUT Design Group San Diego, CA

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White Shaker Cabinets Honed Calcutta Bettogli Marble Island Pietra Del Cardosa Sandstone Counters Engineered European Oak Floors Home Staging by SCOUT Design Group San Diego, CA

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CARDOSO STONE Color The Cardoso stone is a stone from the dark gray tending to blue. Composition The Cardoso stone is a rock by metamorphism is not very deep sandstone formed by weathering of granitic rocks. Compactness Because of its mineralogical composition and its mode of genesis, Cardoso stone has a considerable degree of compactness and toughness. Resistance Has excellent physical-mechanical characteristics of resistance to wear, creep and voltage, as well as excellent resistance degrading action of atmospheric agents even in the presence of extreme climates. Utilization It is suitable in construction for indoor and outdoor use. Characteristics that make the Cardoso Stone is the ideal material for the construction of many works.

Copper mesh lighting illuminates the enormous T-shaped island full of storage cabinets. The copper cabinet pulls and faucet are jewelry for the kitchen. Clean-lined shaker-style cabinetry is an excellent choice for this kitchen with a mix of transitional and traditional style. The island top is honed Pietra Del Cardosa, a limestone from Italy. Gordon Beall Photography

Our pioneer project, Casita de Tierra in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, showcases the natural building techniques of a rubble trench foundation, earthbag construction, natural plasters, earthen floors, and a composting toilet. Our earthbag wall system consists of locally available, cost-efficient, polypropylene bags that are filled with a formula of clay and aggregate unearthed from our building site. The bags are stacked like bricks in running bonds, which are strengthened by courses of barbed wire laid between each row, and tamped into place. The walls are then plastered with a mix composed of clay, sand, soil and straw, and are followed by gypsum and lime renders to create attractive walls. The casita exhibits a load-bearing wall system demonstrating that thick earthen walls, with no rebar or cement, can support a roofing structure. We, also, installed earthen floors, created an indoor dry-composting toilet system, utilized local woods for the furniture, routed all grey water to the outdoor garden, and maximized air flow by including cross-ventilating screened windows below the natural palm frond and cane roof. Casita de Tierra exemplifies an economically efficient, structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing, environmentally kind, and socially responsible home.

Contemporary white kitchen with negative detail handles and stunning island benchtop with waterfall end. Island stone is Pietra del Cardosa - a high density sandstone. This sandstone has been used as a backsplash as well. The back benches are brushed stainless steel. Fisher & Paykel appliances

Contemporary white kitchen with negative detail handles and stunning island benchtop with waterfall end. Island stone is Pietra del Cardosa - a high density sandstone. This sandstone has been used as a backsplash as well. The back benches are brushed stainless steel.

Contemporary white kitchen with negative detail handles and stunning island benchtop with waterfall end. Island stone is Pietra del Cardosa - a high density sandstone. This sandstone has been used as a backsplash as well. The back benches are brushed stainless steel.

Contemporary white kitchen with negative detail handles and stunning island benchtop with waterfall end. Island stone is Pietra del Cardosa - a high density sandstone. This sandstone has been used as a backsplash as well. The back benches are brushed stainless steel.

Contemporary white kitchen with negative detail handles and stunning island benchtop with waterfall end. Island stone is Pietra del Cardosa - a high density sandstone. This sandstone has been used as a backsplash as well. The back benches are brushed stainless steel.

CARDOSO STONE Color The Cardoso stone is a stone from the dark gray tending to blue. Composition The Cardoso stone is a rock by metamorphism is not very deep sandstone formed by weathering of granitic rocks. Compactness Because of its mineralogical composition and its mode of genesis, Cardoso stone has a considerable degree of compactness and toughness. Resistance Has excellent physical-mechanical characteristics of resistance to wear, creep and voltage, as well as excellent resistance degrading action of atmospheric agents even in the presence of extreme climates. Utilization It is suitable in construction for indoor and outdoor use. Characteristics that make the Cardoso Stone is the ideal material for the construction of many works.

CARDOSO STONE Color The Cardoso stone is a stone from the dark gray tending to blue. Composition The Cardoso stone is a rock by metamorphism is not very deep sandstone formed by weathering of granitic rocks. Compactness Because of its mineralogical composition and its mode of genesis, Cardoso stone has a considerable degree of compactness and toughness. Resistance Has excellent physical-mechanical characteristics of resistance to wear, creep and voltage, as well as excellent resistance degrading action of atmospheric agents even in the presence of extreme climates. Utilization It is suitable in construction for indoor and outdoor use. Characteristics that make the Cardoso Stone is the ideal material for the construction of many works.

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Example of a mid-sized beach style light wood floor enclosed dining room design in Other with white walls and no fireplace